narmada
The Sardar Sarovar Dam
Presented By: Group-1
The Narmada Dam in India
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature1/ water pressure
Why do countries build
Dams?
• It’s a means by which many of the developed countries of the world build their economic strength
• Improving the circumstances of a region be it health, crops, infrastructure or industries - leads to greater productivity, more markets, sturdier populations, more investment, and so on
• However, there is a cost….
Social and Economic Implications of Dams
Relocation of communities: - impacts on health, & economic, social, cultural well-being
Loss of community control over water:
- transfer of control from local level
Diseases:
- encouraged by dam projects
(creating habitat for parasites), e.g. schistosomiasis, mosquitoes
Increasing cost of dams: - problems encountered in building dams (ex. sedimentation).
- cost of mitigating social, environmental impacts.
- delays
- best sites already taken -- only more remote, more difficult sites left. http://www.idsnet.org/Resources/Dams/Development/impact-econ.html
to central government or corporate control Social and Economic Implications of Dams
• Inflexibility of hydrodams as power source (need to predict electricity demand far in future).
• Increasing economic inequalities: disproportionate share of project benefits usually go to wealthier sectors of society
• Important contributor to national debt.
http://www.idsnet.org/Resources/Dams/Development/impact-econ.html
Narmada River in India
http://www.sardarsarovardam.org/default.htm
The Narmada River
www.sardarsarovardam.org/ river_basin.htm
Narmada means ‘ever-delightful’, one of the holiest rivers in the country of India
“they say that even the site of the river will cleanse all of your sins”
The Narmada river
• It is the largest westward flowing river in India.
• Home to over a million people
Presented By: Group-1
The Narmada Dam in India
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature1/ water pressure
Why do countries build
Dams?
• It’s a means by which many of the developed countries of the world build their economic strength
• Improving the circumstances of a region be it health, crops, infrastructure or industries - leads to greater productivity, more markets, sturdier populations, more investment, and so on
• However, there is a cost….
Social and Economic Implications of Dams
Relocation of communities: - impacts on health, & economic, social, cultural well-being
Loss of community control over water:
- transfer of control from local level
Diseases:
- encouraged by dam projects
(creating habitat for parasites), e.g. schistosomiasis, mosquitoes
Increasing cost of dams: - problems encountered in building dams (ex. sedimentation).
- cost of mitigating social, environmental impacts.
- delays
- best sites already taken -- only more remote, more difficult sites left. http://www.idsnet.org/Resources/Dams/Development/impact-econ.html
to central government or corporate control Social and Economic Implications of Dams
• Inflexibility of hydrodams as power source (need to predict electricity demand far in future).
• Increasing economic inequalities: disproportionate share of project benefits usually go to wealthier sectors of society
• Important contributor to national debt.
http://www.idsnet.org/Resources/Dams/Development/impact-econ.html
Narmada River in India
http://www.sardarsarovardam.org/default.htm
The Narmada River
www.sardarsarovardam.org/ river_basin.htm
Narmada means ‘ever-delightful’, one of the holiest rivers in the country of India
“they say that even the site of the river will cleanse all of your sins”
The Narmada river
• It is the largest westward flowing river in India.
• Home to over a million people
References: Bibliography Pictures http://www.narmada.org/images/haripics/harikrishna.pictures1.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dammed/photo.html http://www.narmada.org/domkhedi.submergence.pictures.html http://www.irn.org/revival/decom/orgs/NBA.html